First day of Fall

The first day of Fall has finally arrived.  Fall is my favorite season with the changing of the leaves and the cooler weather.  I am ready to get out my long sleeve shirts and boots.  Tomorrow we will be closing on our new home.  We won't be moving until October 3rd so we can get the carpets cleaned and I can move some of our stuff over.  I am hoping to get organized in the kitchen before we move in.

I am ready to enjoy my new backyard this Fall.  I can't wait to use the fire pit.

I am going to have to get some marshmallows to toast.  I am not sure what kind of seating I want to use around this yet.  These are the current homeowner's chairs.

Fall bench

I just couldn't take it anymore.  I had to do some Fall decorating before me move.  Normally I would have started on the inside by now but I will have to wait until we get settled into the new home.  Since I haven't started packing yet I thought that I would at least decorate my bench on the front porch.

 I thought I would keep it simple and not decorate around the bench since I will be moving this soon anyway.  We will be having the appraisal done on our current home Monday so that night I can start packing.  I will be lucky to get all my breakables packed and moved over to the new house before we have movers come.  I like to move my own items that are breakable as I have had things broken before.  This will be a chore as I have a lot more breakables since we moved here.

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I am ready for Fall (and to move)

Boy I sure am having a hard time not decorating for Fall. I am having Fall decorating withdrawl.  I am going to be packing soon so it doesn't make since to pull all of it out.   I have decided to decorate my small bench on the front porch just for now since I have all the stuff within reach that I plan to use.  I think that I will do it on Saturday morning.  But for now I will share some of my past decorating.

Some pictures of the new home

Today I am sharing some pictures that I took of our new home that we will be moving into the first weekend of October.  All of these pictures show the current homeowners items.  Here is some of the kitchen.  The only pantry is the cabinets by the double oven.  Boy am I going to miss my walk in pantry.  We are going to change out the back splash for smaller tile.  I am not a big fan of large tile for the back splash.  I am also going to be revamping the island.  I am thinking about adding bead board, corbels and painting the whole island white with a brown glaze.

Next is the bar in the basement.  This is another area I would like to revamp. I think that it could use upper cabinets or at least some shelves.  I will probably paint these cabinets and make it more rustic looking.

I am also thinking about redoing the tile around the fireplace in the basement and adding a mantel.

Another fireplace I want to revamp is the one in the family room by the kitchen.  I don't know why it is so high off the floor.  My thoughts are to add wood moldings around it and maybe extending the wood above the mantel also.

That's it for now.  I am really getting excited about doing some projects but not too excited about all the packing and unpacking.

We just had our inspection done on our home and now we need to get by the appraisal.  Once that is done I can start packing items. 

So far so good

The other day we got our house under contract.  The people who are buying our house still needed to sell theirs and I am glad to find out today that they are under contract too.  I hope everything goes well with their sale and ours too.  I am getting excited about moving.  Not packing of course but just getting to decorate a new space.  I have some photos of the new home that we will closing on at the end of September. We will be painting it a different color but I don't know what yet.  I leaning towards a lighter color on the upper siding and maybe darker on the trim. 

I didn't pick this house necessary for the way it looks.  I prefer houses that have a more country look but I did pick it for all the outdoor spaces.  It has a wrap around porch from the front to the back of house.  This next picture is the wrap around from the front.  The doors go to the dining room.

Here is a better picture of the south side of the house.

Here is the back deck. It is also a wrap around.  It starts on the north side of the house and ends at the west side (back of house)

The yard has a fire pit area and pond.

I will be sharing the inside pictures when we get the house.  If all goes well we will be moving in the first weekend of October. 

Fall dreaming

Today at work I have been looking at Fall decor on Pinterest.  I am having a hard time not be able to decorate my house this year.  As most of you know we are selling are home as we found a home that we will be closing on at the end of September.  This will not give me much time to get moved in and get my Fall decorating done.  I will give it my best shot.  Here are some pictures that I found on Pinterest that are giving me some inspiration.

 Since I don't have a cart I thought something like this would look good on a tabletop.

 I good idea for using antlers.  I can't wait to use mine.

I love the use of this window on the mantle.  I think that my old window is too large for the fireplace mantel.  I will have to think of another way to use it.

Fall will be here soon

Where has the time gone?  It seems like Summer just began and now Fall is creeping upon us.  Don't get me wrong Fall is my favorite season but I will not be able to decorate this year like I normally do. 

We are still trying to get our house sold.  Since we have a ranch with only one bedroom on the main level it is made for empty nesters.  We have had interest but no offers.  We are suppose to close on the other house at the end of September so I won't be able to do any Fall decorating in my current home. 

For now I am looking back at past Fall decor to get ideas for the new house.

The new house has this ledge by the front door that will be great for decorating for the seasons.  I got this picture from the real estate website so it is a little blurry.  But you can see the ledge over by the light.